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A treaty of 10 articles was signed between the Pope and Sancho II, but the king paid little attention to its fulfillment. His priority was the Reconquista, the reconquest of the southern Iberian Peninsula from the Moors. From 1236 onwards, Sancho II conquered several cities in the Algarve and Alentejo, securing the Portuguese position in the ...
With Manuel II's death, the Miguelist branch of the house of Braganza became the pretenders to the throne of Portugal. They have all been acclaimed king of Portugal by their monarchist groups. The monarchs of Portugal all came from a single ancestor, Afonso I of Portugal, but direct lines have sometimes ended. This has led to a variety of royal ...
Sancho II may refer to: Sancho II of Pamplona (b. aft. 935–994), King of Pamplona and Count of Aragon (970–994) Sancho II of Castile (1040–1072), King of Castile (1065–1072) and León (1072)
In the same year, king Afonso II signed a truce with the Muslims. In the spring of 1226, king Sancho II sieged Elvas at the same time as the Leonese attacked Badajoz. The archbishop of Braga and the royal ensign Martim Anes commanded the royal host. The surrounding fields were pillaged and the city was captured, with the king risking his life ...
His grandfather Duarte de Puy, had served in the Court of Sancho I. [5] Martim de Freitas served as Alcaide-mór de Coimbra, and was member to the court of Sancho II until his death. [6] In 1248 he traveled to Toledo, Castile to verify the death of King. [7]
The Portuguese had participated in the Reconquista practically ever since the foundation of the County of Portugal in 868.. King Sancho I had captured Silves in Algarve in 1189, however the great Muslim city was retaken by the Almohads in 1191 and all Portuguese conquests south of the Tagus river lost, with the exception of Évora, which remained in the hands of the Order of Aviz.
Sancho II 1209–1248 King of Portugal r. 1223–1247: Fernando 1217–1246 Lord of Serpa: Sancha Fernández de Lara: Eleanor c. 1211 –1231: Valdemar the Young King of Denmark c. 1209 –1231: Sancho IV 1258–1295 King of Castile: Denis 1261–1325 King of Portugal r. 1279–1325: Isabel of Aragon 1271–1336: Blanche 1259–1321 Lady of Las ...
King Afonso V of Portugal, who claimed the crown of Castile during the 1475–1479 period, used the Portuguese arms in the I and IV, marshaled with the arms of Castile and León in the II and III. During the period of the Iberian Union (1580–1640), the Portuguese shield was placed in the honour point of the complex coat of arms of the House ...